Attempt Two for the Video

May 22nd

This was a nice week. My first real week of summer. We had a nice Memorial Day (even though someone may have had one too many cosmos), and I had a nice mix of work (with Karen & at school), alone time, time with Ben (backwards day, buying a butterfly garden), and time with friends (especially on Facebook). I even got some scrapbooking time in. In fact, here is a little video I made for a challenge at Oscraps next week.

Back in the saddle

Well, I'm going to try again. I know I got off. March and April were insane for me. But I'm going to try and catch up on life. I want to get caught up on my 52 Inspirations/Project 365 stuff. I certainly didn't take pictures every day, but I took usually one a week. So I'm combining the 52 Inspirations and P365 stuff. I just need to make sure I blog at least once a week and get what happened that week out. So I'm going to try to get the last two weeks in right now. =)

Week of May 10
Grateful for turning in grades finally! Grateful for people helping me out with parties and the flexibleness of my schedule. Getting done with all the library stuff. Picking up a brand new car. Getting everything I needed for summer for Ben.

Week of May 17
School getting out. Good friends. Not moving rooms. Getting stuff cleaned out. Having a new car when an old one breaks down. Everyone was safe when the old car broke down. Nice weather. Pants that fit in a size down. Pedicures. A fantastic show. Flair is fun. New puppies. A holiday.

Have a great week!!

"Almost" 365

I wasn't very good these last few weeks. But, I think I'll steal a phrase from one of my fellow scrapbookers...I think this is project Almost 365. =) Very brief descriptions, not in any order. =)


Goofy boy! Thought it was hysterical to have his shirt on his head. And made me laugh a lot!

I got Artsy. It's about time. Most of the p365ers have a pic like this. And now I have one too.

Mmmm. Friendship bread.....mmmmmm...

Clean laundry room and new washer/dryer. Awesome!!

Clean bedroom. =)

Fantastic fun playing in the snow!

Last picture and layout for ADSR.


A blizzard, but us warm at home.


The wind blowing through our back door is crazy. I tried to capture how far the rose was blowing just from the wind coming in the crack in the back door. This one is not as far, but it's in focus.

I got a grant! Yay. Soon I'll have more of these at school.

Been a bad bad blogger

I have two weeks to catch up. I apologize for the monster post. But I did take pictures almost everyday during those two weeks. Yay me. =)

My mom bought this puppy. I don't know when and I don't know why for sure. But it makes me happy that Ben plays with it and has been taking him to bed with him lately. I like to tell him that Grandma Wade bought it for him, even before she knew about him.

I made soup that tasted really yummy and was pretty healthy. I didn't have exactly the ingredients that I should have, but it still turned out pretty good, if a bit runny.

Ben just always makes me laugh and smile. His sense of humor and his spirit are (usually) such fun.
We got rear-ended. Not terribly hard, but enough so it scared us both. The car doesn't even have a scratch as far as I can tell, though. That made me awfully happy.

Ben is getting the hang of going poopy in the potty. We are definitely not consistent with it yet, but he loves most of the incentives I've gotten him. Like this $5 puppy from Walgreens.
I finished Adam and Amy's album. The pictures are gorgeous and I really hope that Amy likes it.

I got really sick on Monday. I came home early and slept for almost 3 hours. It took me all week to recover, but I was really glad I was able to come home and sleep on Monday.

Tuesday night, I was feeling a little better, but I wanted something very plain. I made cornflake coated chicken tenders. The smell reminded me so much of my childhood and the chicken my mom made. It was very comforting.

I love Lost. =)
I've lost almost ten pounds. (Being sick this week kind of helped that quite a bit.) I'm excited that I'm doing pretty well. I just need to keep it up.

Thanks to my friend, I've finally got a Wii Fit. And even better, my WiiFit Age was 2 years younger than my real age. =)

Ben came home sick on Friday with a fever. He was fine Saturday and most of the day today, but he started to spike this afternoon. Motrin always seems to take care of his fever and make him feel better.

So, 12/14 days this last round...not too shabby. Now if only I could get these scrapped as well!

Week 3

Some of the pictures this week aren't particularly artistic, but they are representative of the things that made me take pleasure in the week.

Making a menu for the week was wonderful. It was so nice to not have to think about dinner. Now if I could just get my snacking under control....


Since my mother-in-law isnt' reading this, I feel safe in saying that the inauguration gave me chills. I'm thrilled to be living in a time where there is change...peaceful change...excitement, and so many individuals feeling like they can make a difference.


It hit almost 60 (F) on Wed. and Thurs. It was gorgeous. Ben and I went on walk and we grilled out. I didn't think to take a picture until after the grill was put away and the steak and chicken were all eaten. =)


I finished Inkdeath on Friday. It was a satisfying end to the story even though it took while get moving. I listened to the last few bits in my office on my computer.


I know this doesn't look like the cleanest most organized closet in the world, but it's cleaned out from what it was. And it was another step in getting ready to move.


I am going to get us a storage unit and DH is on board with it. I'm going to get one in a few weeks and that way, when we clean out things (like the closet) we can just take boxes there.

We took the rest of the border down. It's been 4 years in the making, but we finally got the rest of the border down. No more teal and rose 80's border. Tonight, some spackle and sanding and we'll be ready to paint!

We are actually getting ready to move...that's the theme for the week. =) See you next week!

Week 2

I missed two days this week, but I did pretty good. =)

Monday it was really awful out. Howling wind, snow, ice...the town almost shut down. But we were nice and snuggly warm inside. I'm very happy that we have heat and a nice place to live. And I'm very happy we all made it home safe.

The next day, however, we got to take joy in the small details of the snowfall. Bunny tracks in the driveway.
Wednesday, I met with my co-teacher and we wrapped up the final details for my college course. We also got to discuss our trip to Chicago in July. Woo-hoo!

On Friday, I got to pick up some books from the library that I'm excited to read. For some reason, I didn't put in that stack the most important book..."Potty Training in Less Than a Day". Ask me about that next weekend!

I know this one is weird, but I wasn't feeling well Saturday. Especially by the time I got home from class. Some Ibuprofen really helped me feel better. The stuff is a wonder!


When Ben found out he was going to the pizza machine, he was very excited to go on the "frog that goes up and down". He had a blast. Seeing his smile and seeing him have fun made my day!

Three weeks down. See you next week!